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Story crafting : classroom-ready materials for teaching fiction writing skills in the high school grades /
The "Literacy: Made for All" series is a classroom-ready, teacher-friendly resource for English and Writing teachers of Grades 9 through 12. Organized buffet style, it is designed to complement an existing English curriculum by providing a tested repertoire of strategies for teaching both...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lanham :
Rowman and Littlefield,
[2014]
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| Colección: | Literacy: made for all series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Machine generated contents note: pt. I GETTING STARTED
- Aims and Objectives
- Skill Set 1 Establishing an Ideas File
- Reproducibles/Media
- Gsr 1 Who, Why, Where, How?
- Gsr 2 Clustering Around Quotations
- Gsr 3 "What-If" Worksheet
- Gsr 4 "What-If" Scenarios
- Skill Set 2 What Happened Before and What Happens Next
- Reproducibles/Media
- Gsr 5 Sample Newspaper Filler
- Gsr 6 Q And A Worksheet
- Skill Set 3 Establishing the Theme of Your Story
- Skill Set 4 Creating the Illusion of Reality
- Reproducibles/Media
- Gsr 7 Reality In The News
- Gsr 8 The Illusion of Reality
- Skill Set 5 Understanding Dramatic Conflict
- Reproducibles/Media
- Gsr 9 Three Types of Conflict
- Skill Set 6 Understanding Story and Scene Structure
- Reproducibles/Media
- Gsr 10 Story Outline Chart
- Gsr 11 Story Events
- Gsr 12 Scene from a Short Story
- Skill Set 7 Writing Descriptively: Wake Up Your Senses
- Reproducibles/Media
- Gsr 13 The Sense of Smell.
- Note continued: Gsr 14 The Sense of Hearing
- Gsr 15 The Sense of Touch
- Gsr 16 Descriptive Writing Worksheet
- Skill Set 8 Writing Descriptively: Use Figurative Language
- Reproducibles/Media
- Gsr 17 Questionnaire
- Gsr 18 Metaphors
- Part 1
- Gsr 19 Metaphors
- Part 2
- Gsr 20 Writing a Descriptive Paragraph Assessment Sheet
- Skill Set 9 Writing Descriptively: Use Descriptive Language
- Reproducibles/Media
- Gsr 21 Descriptive Action Words Worksheet
- Skill Set 10 Putting Everything Together
- Reproducibles/Media
- Gsr 22 Creating the First Draft
- Gsr 23 Proofread with a Partner Checklist
- Gsr 24 Rubric: Getting Started Short Story
- pt. II WRITING THE SHORT STORY
- Aims and Objectives
- Skill Set 1 Building a Strong Main Character
- Reproducibles/Media
- Wsr 1 Character Bio Sheet: Present Situation
- Wsr 2 Character Bio Sheet: Past Circumstances
- Wsr 3 Character Bio Sheet: Future Goals
- Wsr 4 Predicting Character Reactions.
- Note continued: Wsr 5 The Dimensions of Life
- Skill Set 2 Constructing a Solid Dramatic Conflict
- Reproducibles/Media
- Wsr 6 Short Story Conflict Chart A
- Wsr 7 Dramatic Conflict Chart B
- Wsr 8 Developing Antagonists
- Wsr 9 Know Your Character's Goal
- Wsr 10 Real Goals and Stated Goals
- Skill Set 3 Creating an Interesting Setting
- Reproducibles/Media
- Wsr 11 Making Settings Exciting
- Wsr 12 Geographical Settings
- Skill Set 4 Structuring a Story Effectively in Scenes
- Reproducibles/Media
- Wsr 13 Scene Development Chart
- Skill Set 5 Setting Up the Story
- Skill Set 6 Hooking the Reader
- Skill Set 7 Major Writing Assignment (2 Weeks)
- Reproducibles/Media
- Wsr 14 Authors Need a Writing Plan
- Wsr 15 Steps For Story Completion
- Wsr 16 Proofread with a Partner Checklist
- Wsr 17 Rubric: Writing The Short Story
- pt. III Writing Longer Fiction
- Story Lengths
- Skill Set 1 Adding Minor Characters to the Cast
- Reproducibles/Media.
- Note continued: Lsr 1 Character Sketches Sheet
- Lsr 2 Scene Premises Sheet
- Lsr 3 Proofread With A Partner Checklist
- Lsr 4 Adding Minor Characters Assessment Sheet
- Skill Set 2 Giving Characters More Depth
- Reproducibles/Media
- Lsr 5 Character Motivations
- Lsr 6 Proofread with a Partner Checklist
- Lsr 7 Giving Characters Depth Assessment Sheet
- Skill Set 3 Adding a Subplot
- Reproducibles/Media
- Lsr 8 Proofread with a Partner Checklist
- Lsr 9 Using Subplots Assessment Sheet
- Skill Set 4 Working with Settings
- Reproducibles/Media
- Lsr 10 Proofread with a Partner Checklist
- Lsr 11 Working with Settings Assessment Sheet
- Skill Set 5 Step-Building Dramatic Tension
- Reproducibles/Media
- Lsr 12 Longer Story Outline
- Skill Set 6 Major Writing Assignment
- Reproducibles/Media
- Lsr 13 Longer Story Completion
- Lsr 14 Proofread with a Partner Checklist
- Lsr 15 Writing Longer Fiction: Assessment Sheet.
- Note continued: pt. IV THE WRITING PROCESS: A SUPPLEMENTARY LIBRARY OF FICTION WRITING TOOLS
- A Tour of the Writing Process
- Wpr 1 How to Grab the Reader with Words (the basic ingredients of interesting fiction)
- Wpr 2 Before Revising or Editing (the prerequisites for effective editing
- objectivity, alertness, and solitude)
- Wpr 3 Writing a Short Story: A Basic Checklist (nine important points for every young author to remember)
- Wpr 4 Revision: Testing Characterization (double-sided) (a checklist to help the writer pinpoint weaknesses in characterization)
- Wpr 5 Revision: Testing Conflict (a checklist to help the writer gauge the strenght of the conflict in the story)
- Wpr 6 Revision: Testing Plot (Double-Sided) (a checklist to help the writer determine whether the plot holds together)
- Wpr 7 Revision: Testing the Setting (a checklist to help the writer determine the effectiveness of setting in the story).
- Note continued: Wpr 8 Revision: Testing the Style (a checklist to help the writer gauge the overall success of her/his writing)
- Wpr 9 Editing Checklist 1: Trim Away the Fat (double-sided) (First drafts are always in need of tightening. Eliminate extra words from your manuscript to help the reader focus on what is important in your writing)
- Wpr 9A Editing Worksheet 1: Trim Away The Fat
- Wpr 9B Editing Worksheet 1: Key
- Wpr 10 Editing Checklist 2: Sharpen the Focus (double-sided) (How clearly are you communicating your message? Bring your writing into sharper focus by correcting: Unclear Pronoun References; Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers; Missing Commas; and Unexplained "Then," "There," or "That.")
- Wpr 10A Editing Worksheet 2: Sharpen the Focus
- Wpr 10B Editing Worksheet 2: Key.
- Note continued: Wpr 11 Editing Checklist 3A: Smooth the Read (double-sided) (Well-written prose seems to flow from one sentence to the next. Edit to remove the bumps or jars caused by: Faulty Parallelism, Separated Sentence, Incorrectly Omitted Words, Incorrect Placement of Correlatives, and Weak Passive Voice.)
- Wpr 11A Editing Worksheet 3A: Smooth the Read
- Wpr 11B Editing Worksheet 3A: Key
- Wpr 12 Editing Worksheet 3B: Smooth the Read (double-sided) (continues Checklist 3A by dealing with: Rambling, Overlong Sentences; Sentence Fragments; Comma Splice; Circumlocutions)
- Wpr 12A Editing Worksheet 3B: Smooth The Read
- Wpr 12B Editing Worksheet 3B: Key
- Wpr 13 Editing Checklist 4: Choose Positions of Strength (If you want your writing to have an impact on the reader, then the message must have muscle. Make strategic use of: the Passive Voice; Periodic Sentences; and A Short, Powerful Statement at the End of a Paragraph of Longer Sentences.).
- Note continued: Wpr 13A Editing Worksheet 4: Choose Positions Of Strength
- Wpr 13B Editing Worksheet 4: Key
- Wpr 14 Editing Checklist 5: Use Calculated Repetition
- Wpr 14A Editing Worksheet 5: Use Calculated Repetition
- Wpr 14B Editing Worksheet 5: Key
- Wpr 15 Editing Checklist 6: Paint Vivid Word Pictures (double-sided) (Use Flavorful Words; Use Specific, Concrete Words; Make Comparisons with Simile and Metaphor)
- Wpr 15A Editing Worksheet 6: Paint Vivid Word Pictures
- Wpr 16 Do You Have Continuity?
- Part 1 (techniques for coupling sentences and paragraphs together like the cars of a train)
- Wpr 17 Do You Have Continuity?
- Part 2 (techniques for coupling scenes of a story together like the cars of a train)
- Wpr 18 Do You Have Unity?
- Part 1 (techniques for knitting paragraphs together using time, place, point of view, theme, and causality).
- Note continued: Wpr 19 Do You Have Unity?
- Part 2 (techniques for knitting scenes and chapters together into a unified whole using parallels, contrasts, repetitions, time, causality, and point of view)
- Wpr 20 How's Your Pacing? (how and when to use dialogue, description, action, flashback, and introspection to regulate the pacing of a story)
- Wpr 21 Polishing Checklist (Be on the lookout for: Typographical Errors, Agreement of Subject to Verb and Pronoun to Antecedent, Brackets and Quotation Marks, Spacing and Paragraphing, Empty Spaces, Changes of Vocabulary, and Inconsistencies.)
- Wpr 22 Marketing Short Fiction (double-sided) (some do's and don'ts for young authors ready to submit work to professional editors).